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ReviewAnnual review of microbiology2024

Metalation of Extracytoplasmic Proteins and Bacterial Cell Envelope Homeostasis.

Bixi He, John D Helmann

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Review in Annual review of microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  4. Metal uptake systems underpinInfection and immunity · 2026
    Article
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  6. Microbial metal physiology: ions to ecosystems.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2025
    Review
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Bixi HeDepartment of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA; email: jdh9@cornell.edu.
John D HelmannDepartment of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA; email: jdh9@cornell.edu.

Funding

Bacillus subtilis Stress ResponsesR35GM122461 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI John D Helmann · 2017 to 2026
$7.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122461
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell physiology requires innumerable metalloenzymes supported by the selective import of metal ions. Within the crowded cytosol, most enzymes acquire their cognate cofactors from a buffered labile pool. Metalation of membrane-bound and secreted exoenzymes is more problematic since metal concentrations are highly variable outside the cell. Here, we focus on metalloenzymes involved in cell envelope homeostasis. Peptidoglycan synthesis often relies on Zn-dependent hydrolases, and metal-dependent β-lactamases play important roles in antibiotic resistance. In gram-positive bacteria, lipoteichoic acid synthesis requires Mn, with TerC family Mn exporters in a supporting role. For some exoenzymes, metalation occurs in the cytosol, and metalated enzymes are exported through the TAT secretion system. For others, metalation is facilitated by metal exporters, metallochaperones, or partner proteins that enhance metal affinity. To help ensure function, some metalloenzymes can function with multiple metals. Thus, cells employ a diversity of strategies to ensure metalation of enzymes functioning outside the cytosol.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsCell WallBacteriaCell MembraneGram-Positive BacteriaHomeostasisLipopolysaccharidesMetalsPeptidoglycanTeichoic AcidsBacterial ProteinsLipopolysaccharideslipoteichoic acidMetalsPeptidoglycanTeichoic Acidsmanganesemetalationmetallochaperonepeptidoglycanprotein secretionzinc

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PMID38960447
PMCPMC11922083

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